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METALLIC LATHIN@ No 387,740. Patented Aug. 14, l888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

BENJAMTN SOARLES, OF OLNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLTNTON VlRE CLOTH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE METALLIC LATHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,740, dated August 14, 1888.

Application tiled Muy l, 1888.

To all whom 1125 may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN ScAELEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of ivorcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Lathing, of which the following isa description su dlcieutly full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a top plan view of a piece of niy improved metallic lathing; Fig. 2, a like view showing a modification in the construction,and Fig. 3 a vertical transverse section taken on line a* in Fig. 2.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different tigures of the drawings.

Hy invention relates to that class of metallic lathing in which the wire-cloth body for receiving the imposed plastering is provided with metallic furring-strips to adapt it for ready use without the employment of independent fu'rri ng 5 and it consists in certain novel features, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a more desirable article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the lathing, and B the furring, the body being composed of wire-cloth, which may be of any suitable gage or size of mesh,the wires, meshes, and i'urring being purposely enlarged in the drawings to illustrate the improvement to better advantage.

The urring is composed of a strip of sheet metal which is folded on aline extending 1ongitndinally through its center until approximately U shaped in cross-sectiomand provided at intervals on either edge orside with laterally-projecting ilan ges m,which are formed integral or in one piece With the body of the furlhese flanges may stand opposite each Serial No. 272,500.

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other, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, or be formed alternately at opposite sides of the strip, as shown in Fig. l, the latter construction being deemed preferable, as it separates the attaching-points to a greater distance from each other and distributes the strain on the cloth accordingly. It also prevents closing the meshes of the cloth at the points where the flanges are inserted as full y as when the ilanges are placed opposite each other, and hence the plastering will adhere better.

In attaching the furring-strip it is placed on the cloth and arranged transversely or at right angles to the line ofthe web, or longitudinally of the Web, as preferred, after which the tlanges m are passed through its meshes and bent downward over the adjacent filling wires, each flange embracing one or more of said wires, preferably but one.

-It will be understood that the web of cloth is provided with the furrings throughout its entire length, the strips being arranged in parallelism with each other and placed, preferably, about six or seven inches apart, the distance between the strips being, however, varied according to the texture of the wire or nature of the work.

When the web has been provided with furring-strips, as described, it is wound into a roll and constitutes a ready-made tire-proof lathing, which may loe used without furing the walls, ceiling, or other portion of the building to which it is attached. It will also be understood that the lathing maybe secured to the building by staples, nails, or in any other suitable manner.

Having thus explained my invention,what I claim is 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a metallic furring-strip provided at intervals at its edges or sides with flanges for attaching it to wire-cloth, the body of said strip being approximately U-shaped in cross-section and the flanges integral therewith, substantially as set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a metallic furring-strip having a body which is approximately U-shaped in crosssection and provided at itsA edges or sides with flanges for attaching it to wire-cloth, said flanges be- ICQ ing integral with said body and arranged a1. tion and secured to the cloth by the fflanges; ternately or in such manner as not to stand bent downward over the Wires of the cloth, 1o opposite each other, substantially as and for substantially as shown and described.

the purpose set forth. -1 5 3. In a metallic lathing, the combination of BENJAMIN SQARLES the Wiree1oth, A, and furring-strip B, pro- Titnessesz vided with flanges m, the body of said strip LOUIS G. BECK, being approximately U-shaped in cross sec- J. D. MISSROON. 

